Im so confused about it all, my Electric is fine but my gas is out of control im on meters for both coz thats how my house was when i moved in and to be honest it is easier that way then payin it monthly or however else they do it, It was fine in the summer i put £10 on every week and that would normally last. The problem is im never at home i spend most days at my mums and actually make most of our dinners there soi know thats she's eatin to so all i use at my house is hot water and the odd meal, now ive started needin my heating and thats the problem.

The other day we spent a day at home so we had the heatin on for an hour in the mornin to warm the house through and had dinner at home and it cost £4 off my gas metter that day, once the baby comes i'll be at home most of the time and i cant afford £4 a day on the gas, i rang them to check if theres a fault on my meter but they say no.

Now im wondering if maybe theres a cheaper provider out there i could use, What does everyone else use??????

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:24 pm

esims84

Joined: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:32 pmPosts: 0

go to u switch website they will tell you which provider is best for you.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:30 pm

saskia87

Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:53 pmPosts: 0Location: Hertfordshire

We are experiencing the same thing with our prepay meters! The electric lasts ages, but the gas goes really quickly.

We are with NPower - how about you? We went onto prepay meters as we couldn't pay a bill, and we have them set to take £3 a week off our top-ups to pay back the debt. However, the gas seems to have a mind of its own and takes back random amounts. We topped the gas up by £10 this morning, and it took £7 off straight away. We topped up by £20 last weekend, and by Tuesday morning it had all gone.

We're probably spending about £30 a week on our gas at the moment, and about £10 a week on electric. We have to keep borrowing/asking for money from relatives to get more gas, and it's just crazy.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:42 pm

weston1

Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:17 pmPosts: 0

thats a lot of money on gas we are with soutern electric and we put 10 on elec and 15 on gas a week and that lasts from thursday to thursday there is 7 of us in the house the hotwater is on all the time i cook with electric i do 2 loads of washing a day and the tumble dryers is on most days due to the weather and the heating is on a lot i dont know who you are with but change

Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:05 pm

nicolapicola

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:02 pmPosts: 0Location: tyne and wear

i'm with southern electric, £10 last me about 5-6 days and i have heating on most of the day and run two baths each day. have u tried turning the temp down on the thermostat thingy

Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:20 pm

laraaitherbrown

Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:28 pmPosts: 0Location: Watford

I didn't have gas in the flat I've just moved from but did have an electric prepay meter. Everything including heating was electric. Just before I moved the bloody thing was taking about 25 quid a week and I didn't have the heating on much. That's a large factor in why I moved. I worked out I'd be paying somewhere between 45 and 60 quid A WEEK on electric. It was only a one bedroomed flat. Those prepay things are expensive. I'd swap it for an ordinary monthly or quarterly meter account hun

Lara
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Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:26 pm

tommysmummy86

Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:00 amPosts: 0

Wow hun that seems a bit steep!!
im with British Gas and have quite a big 2 bedroom house
i have my heating on all day everyday thru winter and pretty much everything switched on in my house all day, cos im always home with the kids.i have my washing machine n tumble dryer going all day too...
i pay direct debit £44 a month for Gas and £20 a month for electric. So im getting everything for £64 a month.
i pay the same set amount all year round...so in the summer the credit builds up cos i dont use as much, then i know i have extra to use in the winter.
im very environmentally unfriendly lol xxxxxxx

Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:28 pm

weemummy

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Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:12 pmPosts: 0Location: Glasgow

We are with Npower and im moving asap!!

When we moved in it was prepayment meters like urs. If we had the heating on for an hour in the morning and an hour at night it was using about £4 a day! The electricity was about £10 a week but the gas was about £20, we'v never been that much before. I got the credit meters put in about 2 weeks ago, im going to pay £40 a month to my gas and £30 to my electric. I know this wont be enough over the winter but i wont use this much in the summer so it'l balance out!

As nicola said try and turn the thermo's down, if they are up high they will burn a lot more!

Also ask ur supplier to send u a copy of ur rates and phone other companies to see if theirs is cheaper!

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:28 pm

MrsK1986

Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:40 pmPosts: 0

We pay £40 a month to Southern Electric for our gas and we're in credit with them.

In our old house we were on meters originally with British Gas and we would pay £100+ a month on gas alone! We then went to Eon and it went down to about £50-60 a month but that was only with cooking, hot water and 3-4 hours of heating a day.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:28 pm

esims84

Joined: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:32 pmPosts: 0

we pay £38 a mth for gas and electric and we are with scottish power.
Will look again after 12mths on u switch to see if we with the cheapest provider.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:34 pm

saskia87

Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:53 pmPosts: 0Location: Hertfordshire

I can't switch suppliers or move while I'm paying off a debt though.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:35 pm

xxserendipity28

Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:34 pmPosts: 0

i could switch as i dont owe anything which i suppose is at least something my gas is with British Gas and everytime i took up it does take about 70 or 80p every time for a general debt with i think is just the use of emergency, Who should i swap to though and do u think i should ask to go on to normal meters and pay monthly, it might be better???? Its just all so confusing!!!!!

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:50 pm

babycakes82

Joined: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:13 amPosts: 0Location: brentwood, Essex

we r with n power and pay 61 pounds a month for gas and electric and just going down to 50 odd pounds as always in credit,not pay meters tho,ive heard pre pay meters expensive but sounds bit sttep

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:54 pm

lynz3000

Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 8:19 pmPosts: 0Location: Derbyshire

we are renting and cos of this we have to be on the metres. we are with scottish power but still find it bit expensive, we tend to just heat water when we actually need it and rarely have the central heating on. I once left the water heater on all night and it cost 70p which wasnt too bad i suppose. my mum gave us an electric heater which we actually find a lot cheaper to run and tend to just heat the room we are in and this is what i'l do when baby arrives, we just cant afford to have all house warm